1. Narcotics and myocardial performance in patients with coronary artery disease

   • Howard J. Nathan

   Editorial Pages: 209 - 213

2. The compelling rationale for less preoperative testing

   • Michael F. Roizen

   Editorial Pages: 214 - 218

3. Effects of anaesthetic induction on myocardial function and metabolism: a comparison of fentanyl, sufentanil and alfentanil

   • Donald R. Miller
   • Marion Wellwood
   • Richard D. Weisel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 219 - 233

4. A comparative study of continuous and intermittent epidural analgesia for labour and delivery

   • K. G. Smedstad
   • D. H. Morison

   OriginalPaper Pages: 234 - 241

5. Additive effects of dihydralazine during enflurane or isoflurane hypotensive anaesthesia for spinal fusion

   • Bernard Bourreli
   • Michel Pinaud
   • Jean-Pierre Remi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 242 - 248

6. A comparative study of patient controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA) and continuous infusion epidural analgesia (CIEA) during labour

   • David R. Gambling
   • Patrick Yu Colm Cole
   • Lynne Palmer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 249 - 254

7. Myalgia in outpatient surgery: comparison of atracurium and succinylcholine

   • Claude A. Trépanier
   • Claude Brousseau
   • Louise Laccrte

   OriginalPaper Pages: 255 - 258

8. Prospective assessment of a protocol for selective ordering of preoperative chest x-rays

   • Yves Charpak
   • Christian Blery
   • Bruno Fourgeaux

   OriginalPaper Pages: 259 - 264

9. Critical incidents detected by pulse oximetry during anaesthesia

   • William P. S. McKay
   • William H. Noble

   OriginalPaper Pages: 265 - 269

10. Infections and the parturient: anaesthetic considerations

    • J. M. Davies
    • John M. Thistlewood
    • M. Joanne Douglas

    Panel Summary Pages: 270 - 270

11. The febrile parturient

    OriginalPaper Pages: 270 - 272

12. AIDS and hepatitis: a guide for obstetrical anaesthetists

    OriginalPaper Pages: 273 - 275

13. Herpes virus infections of pregnancy

    OriginalPaper Pages: 275 - 277

14. Towards excellence in anaesthesia

    • Leo Strunin
    • Jay B. Forrest
    • J. Edwin Boyd

    Panel Summary Pages: 278 - 279

15. Assessing the risk of anaesthesia

    OriginalPaper Pages: 279 - 281

16. Mortality studies in the United Kingdom

    OriginalPaper Pages: 281 - 282

17. Standards of care in anaesthesia

    OriginalPaper Pages: 282 - 283

18. Standards of practice — the Canadian experience

    OriginalPaper Pages: 283 - 285

19. Selection and training of anaesthetic residents

    OriginalPaper Pages: 285 - 286

20. 1986 Meeting of the International Committee for Prevention of Anesthesia Mortality and Morbidity

    • Jeffrey B. Cooper
    • J. M. Davies
    • A. P. Adams

    Conference Report Pages: 287 - 293

21. Shivering following retrobulbar block

    • Don S. Lee
    • Nancy J. Kwon

    Clinical Reports Pages: 294 - 296

22. Operative intra-aortic balloon rupture

    • B. A. Finegan
    • D. G. Comm

    OriginalPaper Pages: 297 - 299

23. Cylcosporinepancuronium interaction in a patient with a renal allograft

    • Edward Crosby
    • James A. Robblee

    OriginalPaper Pages: 300 - 302

24. Physician-accompanied transport of surgical intensive care patients

    • Murray J. Girotti
    • Giuseppe Pagliarello
    • Alec Patterson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 303 - 308

25. Temporary A-V sequential pacing using transluminal pacing electrodes

    • Stephen E. McNulty
    • Jerome McQueen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 309 - 311

26. Pharmacokinetics of sufentanil in patients undergoing renal transplantation

    • P. N. Fyman
    • J. R. Reynolds
    • K. Butt

    OriginalPaper Pages: 312 - 315

27. Book Reviews

    • Alan D Baxter
    • B. Mezon
    • Leena Patel

    BookReview Pages: 316 - 320

28. Heparin reversal protocol

    • David S. Pounder

    Correspondence Pages: 321 - 322

29. Prolonged bleeding from epidural insertion site

    • Chidambaram Ananthanarayan
    • Susan Haley

    Correspondence Pages: 322 - 322

30. Epidural blood patch in treatment of chronic headache

    • P. B. Gaukroger
    • P. Brownridge
    • Winston C. V. Parris

    Correspondence Pages: 322 - 323

31. Evaluation of the humphrey A.D.E. system

    • David Humphrey
    • Alan A. Artru

    Correspondence Pages: 323 - 324

32. Abdominal subcutaneous emphysema: an unusual complication of lumbar epidural block

    • Beno Rozenberg
    • Serio Tischler
    • Aldo Glick

    Correspondence Pages: 325 - 325

33. “Single-shot” epidural anaesthetics

    • David R. Gambling
    • Graham H. McMorland
    • Steven Dain

    Correspondence Pages: 325 - 327

34. The epidural test dose and the identification of rare events

    • William C. Tom
    • Steven L. Dain
    • Emest Hew

    Correspondence Pages: 327 - 328